The Girl Without A Clue (Ivy Bishop Mystery Thriller Book 2) by Alex Sigmore

Author:Alex Sigmore [Sigmore, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Woods Press
Published: 2024-05-25T00:00:00+00:00

Ivy pressed the small button beside the door. The house was a one-story ranch with blue siding and a small porch that covered the front half. The cracked driveway held an unattached garage and two old vehicles, a red pickup truck and a maroon SUV. A large satellite dish sat on the roof, and tall evergreens surrounded the property.

“You sure this is the place?” Jonathan asked.

Ivy shrugged. “If Oliver is good at his job, it is. Otherwise, he’s going to get an earful from me.” She reached out and rang the bell again. A moment later the door opened to reveal the same woman who had slipped into Ivy’s car the night before. An aura of cigarette smoke hung heavy in the air. As soon as she saw Ivy, her eyes went wide and she tried to slam the door.

Thankfully, Ivy had some practice and stuck her foot inside the jamb just enough to prevent the door from closing. “Andrea Dunwhitte,” Ivy said.

“W-what are you doing here?” she asked. “You’re gonna get me killed.”

“Why is that?” Ivy asked.

“Here, just come in already,” she hissed, standing close to the door as Jonathan and Ivy entered the home. She closed the door behind them, deadbolting it.

“Andrea, this is my partner, Detective Jonathan White,” Ivy said. “We’d like to ask you some follow up questions.”

“How did you even find me?” the woman asked, walking past Ivy into the home’s kitchen. It was a modest house, though the stench of cigarettes hung heavy. The carpet was a shade browner than it probably should have been, and Ivy examined a nearby picture of Andrea and whom she assumed was her husband hanging on the wall. He was handsome enough, though the picture looked like it had been taken ten or twelve years earlier. Ivy pushed it to the side, noticing a white rectangle on the wall underneath it. The smoke had stained all the walls around it.

“I need you to tell my partner what you told me last night,” Ivy said. “About this Ironfist.” She heard the telltale sound of a lighter igniting before the woman emerged from the kitchen, a cigarette hanging from her mouth.

“What more is there to tell?”

“Tell us why us being here puts you in danger,” Jonathan said.

Andrea perched on the edge of a nearby recliner. “The same reason I didn’t want to speak to your partner inside the casino last night. Everybody’s got ears these days. Never know who is watching.”

“Why would they be watching you?” Ivy asked.

“To make sure I’m not talking to cops,” she replied.

Ivy sat on the couch across from her. “You think they might come after you? For your husband’s debt?”

Andrea brought a shaky hand up to her lips to drag on the cigarette. “Yeah.”

“Tell me everything you know about this Ironfist,” Jonathan said.

She shot a pained look at Ivy. “I already told you everything. You tell him.”

Jonathan stepped between her and Ivy. “I need to hear it from you.”

Andrea’s leg bounced up and down. She was jittery, more so than she’d been in the car.

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